Inside: Get your groove on by pairing our super cool dance charades cards with a game of speed charades. It’s the most fun you can have at home with your family!
If you love to Vogue, Dab or Twist, then this is the Charades game for you. If you’re a family who already enjoys playing charades but you’re looking for fresh charades ideas, then this is the Charades game for you.
Gosh, even if you’re not a huge dance fan, we just know that pairing 48 of the world’s most popular dance moves and styles with a game of speed charades is sure to have your family laughing out loud! You can also extend the fun by adding a set of our popular Pop Song Charades Cards to your collection of charades ideas.
To get started, you will need to download a set of our dance charades cards (download and printing instructions at the bottom of this post). Read up on the instructions for playing Speed Charades, find a few friends or family members to play with, and you’re ready to get your groove on!
How to Play Speed Charades
Speed charades moves fast and works well when acting out words or short phrases – like these cool dance moves!
Using a time limit, players work in teams to get as many points as possible before times up.
Get ready by dividing players into two teams and deciding which order team members will play in.
Then agree a time limit – limits may vary according to the age of players but less time makes things more fun and competitive. Two minutes per team is a great place to start.
Place printed charades cards face down in a pile on the table.
To begin play, set the timer for agreed time limit with team one ready to play.
Once the timer starts, the first team member jumps up, takes the first charades card from the pile and acts out the prompt as per regular Charades but as quickly as they can (our How to Play Charades instructions are included in the download if you need a refresher on the regular rules). Team members try to guess the prompt. Once successful, the team scores a point and the first player sits down. The next team member jumps up, takes the next charades card from the pile and the process repeats. Play continues in this manner until the timer sounds. The team’s score is the number of successful prompts solved within the time period.
Then it’s time for the second team to attempt to better team one’s score.
Play can continue for as many rounds as you like. The team with the most points at the end of time is the winning team.
How to Print Your Dance Charades Cards
Click here to download: Printable Dance Charades Cards. Save the PDF to your computer. Open the PDF and print the pages you require (see suggested options above). When printing, select “Fit to printable area” (or similar) to ensure the page fits with your printer type and local paper size. Laminate printed pages for durability.
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Christie Burnett is a teacher, presenter, writer and the mother of two. She created Childhood 101 as a place for teachers and parents to access engaging, high quality learning ideas.
